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The Commissar

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Red Army Commissar Klavdia Vavilova (Nonna Mordyukova) has been ignoring her pregnancy for as long as possible, but as the baby comes to term she is forced to temporarily leave the front lines. She requisitions the house of Yefim Mahazannik (Rolan Bykov) and his family, and, while relations are at first quite hostile, Klavdia gradually becomes a member of the household. The longer she stays with them, the more content she is with domestic life until a bleak vision of the future changes her mind.

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Alexandr Askoldov

Director

Nonna Mordyukova

Klavdia Vavilova

Rolan Bykov

Yefim Mahazannik

Raisa Nedashkovskaya

Maria Mahazannik

Vasili Shukshin

The Commandant

Lyudmila Volynskaya

The Grandmother
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Synopsis Red Army Commissar Klavdia Vavilova (Nonna Mordyukova) has been ignoring her pregnancy for as long as possible, but as the baby comes to term she is forced to temporarily leave the front lines. She requisitions the house of Yefim Mahazannik (Rolan Bykov) and his family, and, while relations are at first quite hostile, Klavdia gradually becomes a member of the household. The longer she stays with them, the more content she is with domestic life until a bleak vision of the future changes her mind.
Director
Alexandr Askoldov
Screenwriter
Vasily Grossman, Alexandr Askoldov
Genre
Drama, War
Original Language
Russian
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 10, 2017
Runtime
1h 50m
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